Kazakh

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Astana, Kazakhstan, February 28, 2023. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS 2/2 ALMATY (Reuters) -…

Central banks around the world are raising interest rates to tame inflation, spurring fears that rising borrowing costs could stifle growth, while mass Covid-19 testing in Shanghai this week caused worries about potential lockdowns that…

LONDON: Elena Rybakina smiled, but only just. A perfunctory fist pump and a brief wave to the stands signalled her Wimbledontriumph. The 23-year-old’s maiden Grand Slam victory. The Russian-born Kazakh, who rallied from a set down, landing…

LONDON: Ons Jabeur said the seeds of her history-making charge to the Wimbledon final were sown 12 months ago when she told her coaching team: "I'm coming back for the title." Jabeurbecame the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam…

5/5 © Reuters. A voter casts her ballot during a constitutional referendum at a polling station in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, June 5, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev 2/5 ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan votes on a constitutional reform on…

Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov, who won gold in the 77kg at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been banned from the sport for eight years for a doping offence and will be stripped of his medal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on…

Avika Gor was recently in Kazakhstan to attend the premiere of her first Kazakh film, I Go To School. As she aims to be known as a global actor, she hopes that her first tryst with international cinema proves to be “a stepping stone into…

5/5 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kazakh law enforcement officers block a street leading to the official presidential residence Akorda after protests against the government, following authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied…

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev may have been Kazakhstan’s president since 2019, but he only really ascended to power on Wednesday.That is when he assumed the role of head of the nation’s security council, replacing a political goliath,…

Thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the protests that have shaken Kazakhstan may mark the end of Nursultan Nazarbayev’s long grip on power — but do not suggest the oil-rich central Asian country will make a smooth transition…